U.S. stock futures are trading broadly higher this morning. Wall Street was bolstered by news that North and South Korea would hold their first summit meeting in more than a decade. Additionally, industrials got a lift as resistance to President Donald Trump’s tariff plan mounted from key House Republicans, including Speaker Paul Ryan.

Heading into the open, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have added 0.56%, S&P 500 futures are up 0.40% and Nasdaq-100 futures have gained 0.59%.

Turning to the options pits, equity option volume retreated from Friday’s binge. Levels returned to normal, with about 17.2 million calls and 14.5 million puts changing hands. The CBOE single-session equity put/call volume ratio plummeted to 0.55. The 10-day moving average ticked higher to 0.64.

Taking a closer look at yesterday’s options activity, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) attracted put attention in the wake of a string of negative analyst comments. Elsewhere, Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) saw call option volume explode as the shares topped $50 for the first time in 17 years. Finally, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) drew speculation on news it was looking at offering a checking-like product.

In the last few weeks, we have seen two high profile unicorns file for initial public offerings. The first out of the gate was Dropbox (Pending:DBX), a storage solution for a world where gigabyte files are the rule rather than the exception, with a filing on February 23. Following close after,

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Investors in Asia-Pacific stock markets began shaking off their earlier caution ahead of the latest U.S. reading on inflation, which is likely to give some idea about whether the Federal Reserve will accelerate its pace of interest-rate increases.

U.S. stock futures are trading broadly higher this morning. Wall Street was bolstered by news that North and South Korea would hold their first summit meeting in more than a decade. Additionally, industrials got a lift as resistance to President Donald Trump’s tariff plan mounted from key